Verse List for PROV 4:13

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B I ◄ ← Prov 4:13 ↓ → ► ═ ©

Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Narrator (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) Take hold of my discipline—don’t let it go. ⇔ ≈ Guard it, because it’s your lifeline.

OET-LV Take _hold on_discipline do _not let _go keep_her if/because she your(ms)_life.

ULT Grasp on to instruction, do not let go; ⇔ guard it, for it, is your life.

UST Consistently remember the things I have instructed you; ⇔  keep remembering them! ⇔  Always be mindful of them, because they will keep you alive.

BSB & MSB Hold on to instruction; do not let go. ⇔  Guard it, for it is your life.

OEB No OEB PROV book available

WEBBE & WMBB Take firm hold of instruction. ⇔  Don’t let her go. ⇔  Keep her, for she is your life.

NET Hold on to instruction, do not let it go; ⇔ protect it, because it is your life.

LSV Lay hold on instruction, do not desist,
Keep her, for she [is] your life.

FBV Hold on to these instructions—don't let them go. Protect them, for they are life's foundation.

T4T Hold fast to the things I have taught you to do, ⇔  and do not let them go. ⇔ Guard them, ⇔  because they will be the source of a good life.

LEB • Seize the instruction! Do not let go!
• Guard her, for she is your life.

BBE Take learning in your hands, do not let her go: keep her, for she is your life.

Moff Hold fast to my instructions, never let them go, ⇔  keep them--they are life to you.

JPS Take fast hold of instruction, let her not go; keep her, for she is thy life.

ASV Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: ⇔ Keep her; for she is thy life.

DRA Take hold on instruction, leave it not: keep it, because it is thy life.

YLT Lay hold on instruction, do not desist, Keep her, for she [is] thy life.

Drby Take fast hold of instruction, let [her] not go: keep her, for she is thy life.

RV Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.
(Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy/your life.)

SLT Lay hold upon instruction, thou shalt not let go: guard her for she is thy life.

Wbstr Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.

KJB-1769 Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.
(Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy/your life.)

KJB-1611 Take fast hold of instruction, let her not goe; keepe her, for she is thy life.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps Take fast holde of doctrine, and let her not go: kepe her, for she is thy life.
(Take fast hold of doctrine, and let her not go: keep her, for she is thy/your life.)

Gnva Take holde of instruction, and leaue not: keepe her, for shee is thy life.
(Take hold of instruction, and leave not: keep her, for she is thy/your life.)

Cvdl Take fast holde of doctryne, let her not go: kepe her, for she is thy life.
(Take fast hold of doctrine, let her not go: keep her, for she is thy/your life.)

Wycl Holde thou teching, and forsake it not; kepe thou it, for it is thi lijf.
(Hold thou/you teaching, and forsake it not; keep thou/you it, for it is thy/your life.)

Luth Fasse die Zucht, laß nicht davon; bewahre sie, denn sie ist dein Leben.
(grassp the culture/discipline, let not of_that; preserve/keep/retain they/she/them, because/than they/she/them is your(s) life.)

ClVg Tene disciplinam, ne dimittas eam; custodi illam, quia ipsa est vita tua.
(Tene discipline, not let_go her; keep her, because herself it_is life your.)

UHB הַחֲזֵ֣ק בַּ⁠מּוּסָ֣ר אַל־תֶּ֑רֶף נִ֝צְּרֶ֗⁠הָ כִּי־הִ֥יא חַיֶּֽי⁠ךָ׃ ‡

BrLXX Ἐπιλαβοῦ ἐμῆς παιδείας, μὴ ἀφῇς, ἀλλὰ φύλαξον αὐτὴν σεαυτῷ εἰς ζωήν σου.

BrTr Take hold of my instruction; let it not go,—but keep it for thyself for thy life.